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Stolen website code - is this common?

I checked my google analytics stats under network - hostname and found another website showing up for some of the traffic.

When i looked at that site's code it started with

<!-- Mirrored from ..... / by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x

They had copied my header, along with the GA code. As i look through the rest of their site, I can see elements of my code scattered throughout, such as menu styling (and some broken links).

But - their website was for a different industry, and they have replaced all the text and images, contact details and some design elements. Looking at it the websites side by side, you probably wouldn't notice the resemblance.

Is this a common way to create a website cheaply? Copy the wordpress output code, make changes and reupload it as an html site?

In terms of time and effort, I would think just buying a wordpress theme would be easier....

Send their host a DMCA Takedown if your site is a copyright holder. Secondly, to sanitize your GA data from this point forward by creating a separate profile and excluding traffic from the infringing domain. You do this via GA Admin>.JS Tracking Info > Referral Exclusion List.

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